5.+Assessment

**__5. Assessment __** **Formative assessment **:


 * I will informally assess students while I visit with each group during their work time.
 * Students will submit their group topics before proceding to the class blog
 * Students will also submit their Kidspiration science charts before beginning their video on Photo story 3
 * I will read and respond to the comments on Facebook.
 * I will read and respond to the reflection Blogs at the end.
 * I will view and assess group videos on Photo story 3.



**Summative ** **assessment**:

PLANT PROJECT


 * CATEGORY || 3 || 3 || 1 ||
 * Internet Use || Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance || Moderately able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance || Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites ||
 * Quality of Information || Information clearly relates to the main topic. || Information relates to the main topic but also has unrelated information || Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic ||
 * Blog || Student successfully uses blog; frequently asks questions, comments on other students’ entries and provides accurate and useful information related to main topic || Student moderately uses blog; rarely asks questions, does not comment on other students’ entries and provides information but it is not related to topic || Student does not use blog at all ||
 * Kidspiration Visual Organizer || Information is very well organized in appropriate visual organizer || Information is reasonably organized in appropriate visual organizer || Information is not organized and did not use appropriate visual organizer ||
 * Photo Story 3 Video || Video is related to main topic and it presents accurately organized information || Video is related to main topic and it presents information but is not organized well || Video is not related to main topic and it is not organized ||
 * Facebook Reflection || Student elaborates in reflection about what they learned and gained from the project || Student provides reflection with a summary of the project without adding what they learned || No student reflection is present ||